Waldfogel

Waldfogel

An 8,000-square-foot house on a flat, half-acre site a mile from Stanford University takes its cues from the urbanity of the community and the sophistication of its owners, who wanted a home suitable for displaying their contemporary art collection.

Waldfogel
Waldfogel

The house opens itself on all sides through a pinwheel plan that forms four distinct courtyards. Two two-story volumes are connected by taut horizontal planes that extend beyond the building envelope and are clad in gray Rhinezinc.

Waldfogel

The entrance is flanked by an axial wall of poured-in-place concrete, which continues indoors to become the north-south circulation spine of the house; carved alcoves along its length house the couple's unique ceramics collection.

Waldfogel
Waldfogel
Waldfogel

The entrance court doubles as a terrace for a double-height dining room paneled in mahogany.

Waldfogel
Waldfogel

The first volume, which contains the living room and the husband's study to the north, shares another paved court extending out to the garden, and the kitchen and family room in the southern volume open onto a separate garden and pool.

Waldfogel
Waldfogel

A contemporary Palo Alto Residence that offers a unique outlook on California living.”

Architectural Digest

Waldfogel

At the upper level, the master suite and wife's study are linked across a glass bridge to the child and guest bedrooms. A floor-to-ceiling window wall adjacent to the glass bridges and stairway brings light into the finished basement.

Waldfogel
Waldfogel
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Project
  • Waldfogel
Location
  • Palo Alto, CA
Year
  • 2006
Size
  • 8,000 sf
Collaborators
  • Ryan Associates - General Contractor
    Conger Moss Guilllard -Landscape
    Mike Witt - Interior
    Parker Resnick - Structural
Photographers
  • Sharon Risedorph
Awards
  • 2008 Custom Home Award, Grand Award
  • 2006 AIA East Bay Design Awards
    Interior Design Magazine, Best of Year Award